Is it normal that this personality flaw makes me so angry?

Insecurity is a virtue. Insecurity is a crack through which someone else's voice can slip through, and contrary to popular belief, that isn't a terrible thing. Anyone who acts like they're completely sure of themselves is a bullshit artist.

Fuck you all. I'm awesome.

I completely understand that. I have no problem with a person being sure of themselves or their argument, but when it comes to someone that is arrogant, it is almost as if they feel that they are the center of the universe, that all revolves around them and their "unique personality".

Maybe it's a bi-product from my atheist days, but every now and then I meet someone who is particularly arrogant and I wish to remind them "Hey! You're just one of 7 billion other human beings on this planet that is one of billions of planets within trillions of galaxies housing lives that have no more or no less importance that ours all of the aforementioned ALSO believe that they are 'unique and intelligent' beings and by sheer virtue of your arrogance and feeling of superiority and 'uniqueness' you are in fact, extremely similar to your fellow man!".

The destructiveness of the "I'm superior, I'm more intelligent, I I I Me Me Me My My My" is so strong throughout the course of history that it almost punches you in the face every time you open a history book, and you wish to continue said mentality and you somehow believe that your existence is beneficial to our kind? Get outta here.

Arrogance, in my opinion, is a severe case of being quite self-absorbed. We are all self-absorbed to some degree or another, but having the gull to complain about how other people react to you whilst having a mirror perpetually in front of your face is simply laughable. Arrogant people don't anger me, they amuse me, because they are so... so... predictable... and fun to mess with XD Because when you say anything towards them, you are directly attacking the center of their universe...

I've almost made this exact post myself before. Yes, arrogance and over-confidence are the only personality traits I just CANNOT stand.

You're bound to get a big head when nobody can poke holes in several arguments.
It's funny really, most of the smarter people I know have a streak of arrogance. It's usually people who can't poke holes that get annoyed.

Although, it's a horrible combination when people are both dumb and arrogant.

I absolutely hate arrogance probably as much as you do ! I think this is normal and i wish those people knew how dumb and annoying they are instead of feeling ''cool''.

It's even worse when someone's arrogant and they have just cause to be.

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Flaw? I'm not flawed, how can I help it if I'm right all the time? I'm awesome, deal with it.

We're all guilty of it at times. Sometimes I'm so excited by something that I get tunnel vision about it (usually cheese, or rocketry, or Calvin and Hobbes) and I talk and talk and talk and it sounds like I'm delivering a thesis, like I'm some learned man (in cheeseology). People usually accuse me of arrogance or condescension at those times. But I'm just passionate about cheese.

i'm not confident, i'm not arrogant, i do not think highly of myself, but i have more than annoyed people by being right and winning arguments, even so much so that people will just avoid arguments with me.

I really, really hate arrogance too. There is nothing in this world which pisses me off more than condescension. That really isn't an exaggeration, if someone ever says "you wouldn't understand" to me, regardless of whether it's true or not, from that point on I am completely lost. Anger doesn't do the feeling justice, it really is something else.

Although, there is a very specific type of person, who are usually labelled as being arrogant who I just love! I don't know how to describe them. They're overly confident in a very camp way, I guess. I love, love, love that:D!

The difference between my response to these two types of people is pretty shocking.

I agree! Confidence is good, but people shouldn't think too highly of themselves! I think the worst thing about being arrogant is that it brings others down and seems completely dishonest. My brother's arrogant as hell, and I think a lot of arrogant people have a superiority complex.

YES I totally agree! I actually made a similar post recently.

I agree.

Yes I do have to agree on this. I don't ever want to hangout with arrogant people. Nobody is perfect; nobody is better than others. I let people know when they try to pull my string.

Arrogance does play a role in the business world though. You need to have arrogance to be able to compete against other companys. We had learned about that in several of our business classes. If you aren't arrogant in your own company then there would most likely be failure or just not much profit. You need to make it seem better than it is or might be, to get more customers in. Show how great your products are and so on...

arrogance pretty much makes everybody angry.

Have you ever noticed that arrogant people tend to victimize the people around them? Maybe you are overwhelmed with anger because you have been a victim of someone arrogant in your past. To hate so strongly, you have to have had a personal experience with it first.